Cliff 'em All

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:53 pm

---September 27, 1986
Metallica bassist Cliff Burton is killed in a bus crash in Sweden.---

Not that I was a huge fan, but he was a Rick player.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:58 pm

I WAS a huge fan. I saw them on the Master of Puppets tour opening for Ozzy, and they were, without a doubt, a live show unlike any other. People forgot Ozzy was even coming out.

Cliff was a great bassist and had tremendous "attitude". He WAS the attitude of that band, everyone in Metallica looked up to him and nothing got by him. If Cliff thought it sucked, it sucked. He was the heart and soul of that band, despite Jaymz and Larz believing otherwise. Cliff, we miss you.

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:27 pm

Metallica died with Cliff IMHO.
James & Lars are clowns.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:05 pm

Cliff was the very reason I originally became interested in Rickenbackers. I can remember being 14 and having my nose pressed against the window of Rudy's Music on 48th St., peering in at the Burgundy Rick just like Cliff's...

The pic on the right shows the Rick prior to recording the bands' first albums; I know this because during the recording, the pickups were swapped (left pic). My best guess has always been a DiMarzio J at the bridge and a Gibson humbucker at the neck.

For Master of Puppets and the subsequent tour, he began playing Aria basses. Meh.

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:59 am

I first saw them on the "Ride the Lightning" tour and I was hypnotized by Cliff and his Burgundy Ric. He also played an Aria Pro at that show. Simply amazing. Great show.

Before I went to the show there was a record signing at a small local shop and my brother had Kirk sign his flying-V and a friend had Cliff sign his BurgundyGlo Ric and we each got to talk with them for a few minutes. It was pretty cool that they took the time to BS....they all seemed pretty cool and laid back.

Cliff was certainly one of the major reasons I gave Rics a shot and have been hooked ever since.

indytone · Post by **indytone** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:57 am

Chris is correct: Metallica died with Cliff Burton. Their last decent album (And Justice for All...), while recorded after his death, contains a number of songs he wrote. Once they milked his tunes, they began writing some of the most terrible "metal" in history.

My friend Zeps hung out with Cliff Burton one night and smoked a bunch of pot with him. He said the one thing he remembered about Cliff that night is that he smelled like a "moldy basement."

LOL

rob · Post by **rob** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:22 pm

I was at on another forum and found this picture. Of course I thought of this thread. I thought it was pretty funny.

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:53 pm

I like this one:

Anna · Post by **Anna** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:30 pm

I'm a huge fan of cliff, but unfortunately i never had the chance to see him live ... he died before i was even born ... i regret that i hadn't been born earlier

his style of playing bass and headbanging was unique

but : heroes may live long, but legends never die

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:50 pm

Welcome to the forum, Anna. I am also a fan of Cliff's. I didn't see him live either.

Anna · Post by **Anna** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:06 pm

thank you

yes it's really a shame but what are we supposed to do ? nothing ...

greetings

anna
and again i'm sorry for my bad english

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:45 pm

Your English is just fine, Anna.

Anna · Post by **Anna** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 5:50 pm

thank you

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